Charlie Sheen Fires Back at Jenny McCarthy for Slamming Him

After outspoken comedienne Jenny McCarthy criticized Charlie Sheen, her former Two and a Half Men co-star, for not being upfront with her about his HIV diagnosis, she's softening her statement.

Previously, on her SiriusXM Dirty, Sexy, Funny radio show, she said, "In the acting world…before doing a job, we have to sign papers that say, 'Do you have cold sores?' and you have to sign a release that says, 'Yes, I have cold sores,' and you have to show the medication," McCarthy, who played one of Sheen's girlfriends on the show, shared.

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"[But] if I have to be so upfront about a herpe, how could you not be upfront about HIV?" the 43-year-old actress added. "I look back and I think, 'Okay, that could've been valuable information.' Look at how many people have played his love interest on the show. Not that you can obviously get it (HIV) through kissing, but still, that's a big deal."

She continued, "Playing even his love interest on the show, back in the day, I go, 'Ick! That's not fair. It's scary.' I have sympathy for him because, you know, he's sick and it's awful, but man, he's going to have to take some major accountability with many people in his life."

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But after Sheen's manager, Mark Burg issued a statement to People, saying the actor "was infected long after he left Two and a Half Men and long after he worked with Jenny," McCarthy changed her tune.

"The point I raised about Charlie Sheen had nothing to do with whether or not I think he put me at risk," she wrote on Twitter. "I simply took issue with a double standard in the industry. Every actress (and actor for that matter) must disclose hundreds of personal health matters before ever being allowed to set foot on a film set. Yet an actor who interacts physically with dozens of actresses in intimate scenes, is not required to disclose that he has HIV?"

She went on, "I am very aware that HIV is not spread through kissing, but I also believe that if an actress has to disclose all of her business before kissing a male costar, that actor should be required to disclose something as major as an HIV infection too. His disclosures in his personal life are none of my business, and are for him to reconcile with the people he interacted with privately. I am not one of them."